MAORI KING MOVEMENT.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1654, 8 November 1862, Page 4

MAORI KING MOVEMENT.

To the Editor of the Nelton Examiner. Sir,— The Maori chief, Mutene te Whiwhi, being here on his way to Auckland, and hearing of a letter which appeared in your lnsb issue, containing certain ttatementa relative to the Maori king movement, has handed me a letter on the subject for insertion in your paper to-morrow, of which the following is a copy. — I am, &c, W. Jenkins, Native Interpreter. NeUion, October 16, 1862. [translation.] Friends and Elder Brrthrkn,— l have heard an evil report concerning the Maoris connected with the king movement, to the effect that they are combining in order to make an immediate and tiraultaneous attack upon the lettleia. It is said that the authors of this statement aie To Rei Nganiho, of Motuek*, and Takorei Paeiata, of Motupipi, and that the communication wns made to Mr, Hough, who immediately published it in the newspaper. Now I wish publicly to contradict those statement I*,1 *, for, as I only left Utaki on tho 10th October, and Wellington on tho 12th, and being thoroughly acquainted with all tho movements of the king party throughout New Zealand, and constantly hearing ull that is said on the subject, I am in a position to declare that the most that has been said by them is, " We are determined to adhere to our king." The principal chiefs, emissaries of the Maori king, reside at Otaki. There are three of them ; their names •re— Heremia tk Tukrb, Hapi te Whaicarawk, Wi Tako Ngatata. These ohiefg are the only medium of communication between the Maori king and tho natives of these parts. All letters come through them ; no others are worthy of notice Now 1 think Mr. Hough made ti serious omission : he did not inquire who wrote the letter in question, or, if he did, he should have published it. That would have thrown light upon the subject, but, as it if), the report is groundless, it has no foundation — it is incon ect. Now, my friends and elder brethren, I beg of you not to believe that report, but rather listen to what I have told you on the subject. I ask you now to dig a deep hole and bury it therein, that it may be completely lost. — This i* all from Matene te Whiwhi.